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...toes, earlobes, the whole array of earthly delights. When he is paying what would appear to be monomaniacal attention to one sweetheart, he is, naughty fellow, roistering in memory or anticipation with a flotilla of others. This isn't calculated, callous satyrism; Ira isn't Don Juan. He's helpless, a captive. (He does seem to have a job, but it's in public relations, and doesn't require much attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Possessed By the Flesh | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

...objects to man bashing must be antiwoman, a part of what is called the "War Against Women" -- a war that is of course atrocious because women are . . . helpless? The War Against Men, on the other hand, is what men have coming to them, and high time. When women read about male bashing, the words give me a break ticker-tape across their foreheads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Men Are They Really That Bad? | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

...they do this to the most fragile and helpless population?" Enrietto asked...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Medical Experts Decry Wrentham Experiment | 2/10/1994 | See Source »

Even though Laura suspected her friend, Chris, was suicidal, she felt helpless and unsure of what to do as Chris adopted erratic sleeping and eating habits, lost interest in personal belongings and stopped caring about hygeine...

Author: By Sandhya R. Rao, | Title: FALLING THROUGH THE SAFETY NET | 2/8/1994 | See Source »

...state of the state address calling for broad-based tax cuts, with the revenue to be made up by legalized, state-promoted gambling. Gambling isn't necessarily immoral, but there are moral issues involved when the state funds a tax cut by, in some cases, taking advantage of helpless gambling addicts...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: A Parting Shot: The Moral Sense at Harvard | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

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